Pests and Associated Beneficial Insects

Pest

Beneficial that attacks it

Alfalfa weevil

Predatory thrips, Bathyplectes wasps, Tetrastichus incertus (wasp parasite)

Aphid

Aphid midge, aphid parasites, syrphid fly, ladybug, parasitic wasp, big-eyed bug, damsel bug, mealybug destroyer, soldier beetle, lacewing, braconid wasp, predatory thrips, rove beetle, syrphid fly

Armyworm

Big-eyed bug, braconid wasp, spined soldier bug, tachinid fly

Beetles

Braconid wasp

Bud moth

Predatory thrips

Cabbage looper

Tachinid fly

Cabbage-root maggots

Ground beetle, rove beetle

Cabbageworm

Braconid wasp

Caterpillars in general

Assassin bug, lacewing, Trichogramma wasp, braconid wasp, damsel bug, minute pirate bug

Codling moth

Braconid wasp, predatory thrips, Trichogramma wasp

Colorado potato beetle

Ground beetle, spined soldier bug

Corn earworm

Big-eyed bug, minute pirate bug, Trichogramma wasp, lacewing

Cotton bollworm

Trichogramma wasp

Cutworms

Ground beetle, tachinid fly

European corn borer

Braconid wasp, Trichogramma wasp

Flea beetles

Big-eyed bug

Flies

Braconid wasp

Green stink bug

Tachinid fly

Gypsy moth

Braconid wasp, ground beetle, tachinid fly

Japanese beetle

Tachinid fly

Leafhopper

Big-eyed bug, damsel bug, minute pirate bug

Leafminer

Predatory thrips

Looper

Big-eyed bug, parasitic wasps

Lygus bugs

Big-eyed bug, braconid wasp, Anaphes iole

May beetle

Tachinid fly

Mealybugs

Ladybug, big-eyed bug, mealybug destroyer, lacewing

Mexican bean beetle

Spined soldier bug

Mites

Ladybug, big-eyed bug, lacewing, minute pirate bug

Nematodes

Rove beetle

Oriental fruit moth

Predatory thrips

Peach twig borer

Predatory thrips

Psyllids

Big-eyed bug

Sawfly

Spined soldier bug, tachinid fly

Scales

Lacewing, predatory thrips

Slugs

Ground beetle, parasitic nematodes

Snails

Ground beetle

Soft scales

Ladybug

Sowbug

Tachinid fly

Spider mite

Ladybug, minute pirate bug, predatory mite, predatory thrips, spider mite destroyer, western predatory mite

Springtails

Rove beetle

Spruce budworm

Trichogramma wasp

Squash bug

Tachinid fly

Tent caterpillar

Ground beetle, tachinid fly

Thrips

Ladybug, minute pirate bug, big-eyed bug, damsel bug, lacewing

Tomato hornworm

Big-eyed bug, assassin bug, Trichogramma wasp

Treehoppers

Damsel bug

Whiteflies

Lacewing, predatory thrips, whitefly parasitic wasp (Encarsia spp.)